2 killed as 'Yolanda' lashes Visayas


By: Philippines News Agency
November 8, 2013 11:09 AM
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MANILA -- Typhoon Yolanda has claimed two lives Friday after a man was reported electrocuted to death in Surigao Del Norte while another was crushed after being hit by a falling tree in Cebu.

Major Rey Balido, National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council spokesperson, said no other details were available on the circumstances in the Surigao Del Norte incident.

In Medellin town, Cebu, the victim, also male, was hit and killed by a tree toppled by strong winds caused by Yolanda.

As this develops, two Mandaue-Mactan bridges are now closed to vehicles due to the powerful winds.

Earlier, the Cebu provincial government said powerful winds from Yolanda tore off roofs and uprooted trees in Cebu province.

A tornado also damaged at least 50 houses in Bohol province.

Cebu and Bohol are among the areas hardest hit by a magnitude-7.2 quake in Central Visayas last October 15.

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Three people have died while seven were injured due to super typhoon Yolanda, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council reported Friday afternoon.
 
A total of 145,641 families were affected by the typhoon, NDRRMC said.

One of the casualties from the typhoon was 56-year-old Randy Cejar from Calinog town in Iloilo province, the Philippine Information Agency reported on its Facebook page Weather Watch.